Anglican Communion News Service - Digest - Global

Theological education initiatives at WCC assembly

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:54:00 GMT

The upcoming 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Busan, Republic of Korea, will present an opportunity for sustained ecumenical formation and theological education. [More]

Finnish Academic and English Bishop to lead Anglican-Lutheran Society

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:40:00 GMT

The Rev Dr Jaakko Rusama, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland and a previous General Secretary of the Finnish Ecumnenical Council, has been elected Lutheran Co-Moderator of the Anglican-Lutheran Society, and his Anglican Co-Moderat... [More]

Pacific Conference of Churches resolutions welcomed by WCC

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:35:00 GMT

The 10th Assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), meeting from 3 to 10 March in Honiara, the Solomon Islands, adopted a series of resolutions on public issues ranging from climate change and resettlement, through seabed mining and nuclea... [More]

WCC in solidarity with Christians attacked in Pakistan

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:33:00 GMT

In a letter to Pakistani churches, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has condemned the attacks on Christians in Badami Bagh, Lahore, on Saturday, 10 March. More than a hundred houses were burned down follo... [More]

Clergy sexual abuse raised as issue at UN meeting

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:31:00 GMT

At a time of widespread scandals over clergy sex abuse, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) have called for professional standards of clergy accountability at an international forum on violence against wo... [More]

Pope Benedict's contributions to Christian unity

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:43:00 GMT

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed “profound thanks” on 27 February for the ministry and witness of Pope Benedict XVI as he officially completed his service as head of the Catholic Chu... [More]

Religious leaders in Geneva advocate for peace

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:02:00 GMT

WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit speaking at the Vatican’s inter-religious service in the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva. [More]

Churches celebrate Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:58:00 GMT

From the World Council of Churches Drawing on the Indian churches’ experience of Christian disunity in the realities of casteism, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a particular focus on justi... [More]

"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:13:00 GMT

From CMS

In France, where I lived for the last six years, there's a tradition of the formal sharing of New Year’s greetings – everyone does it, from the president down to the humblest local mayor. [More]

Christian Students seek to plant 'seeds of liberation'

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:51:00 GMT

The Student Christian Movement has announced Revd Raj Bharath Patta as keynote speaker for their upcoming conference ‘Seeds of Liberation’. The annual conference aims to inspire a new generation of Christian students to work for just... [More]

WACC: Communication rights are vital to transforming the global economic structure

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:42:00 GMT

“Any discussion about an alternative financial architecture must take into account the design, role and ownership as well as the powers that control information and communication structures,” says Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, General Secr... [More]

Link between communication rights and participatory development needs articulating

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:38:00 GMT

[WACC] “A recent survey on communication rights conducted by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) has concluded that greater understanding of communication rights can strengthen participatory development and facilitate achie... [More]

Churches Call for a Green Economy

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:29:00 GMT

From the European Churches Environment Network Radical changes to tackle climate change were discussed by over 90 participants from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches from 22 countries at the 9th Assembly of the European Churches Environmen... [More]

Moderator of the WCC calls for communication to strengthen justice and peace

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:28:00 GMT

From the World Council of Churches News World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee debates future directions in preparation for 2013 Assembly. “The WCC can be and still is prophetic today,” said the Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moder... [More]

Churches mark Communication Sunday

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:28:00 GMT

Frim ENInews

Asia-based members of the World Association for Christian Communication marked Communication Sunday on 2 September, making liturgical resources, stories and ideas available to all churches. [More]